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Trump presses GOP to change Senate rules

in keeping with The Hill, the Trump management is pressuring Congressional Republicans to exchange Senate rules, making an allowance for quicker approval of judicial and govt department nominees. The White residence is seemingly frustrated with the modern backlog of nominees, and in line with unnamed individuals who attended the meeting, vice chairman Mike Pence raised the issue in the course of a private session with the Senate Republican conference closing Tuesday. Republicans have held seventy nine cloture votes, which are needed to cease filibusters, on nominees because Trump took workplace; this is appreciably greater than had been required all through beyond administrations. On Friday, White residence legislative affairs director Marc quick accused Senate Minority chief Chuck Schumer of "weaponizing" the approval procedure. An aide for Schumer blamed the Trump management, which they said "has been historically gradual in filing nominations and has withdrawn extra nominees inside the first 12 months than any of the beyond four administrations." Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford has reputedly began to attain out to Democratic colleagues, within the hopes of attaining an agreement on expediting the nomination manner.